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Gov. Paterson has a leaders meeting scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, but this one will be held at the governor’s offices in New York City — the first time in recent memory that such a conclave was held outside of Albany.

Why the Big Apple? Well, it could be due to the imminence of Election Day, when politicians are harder to prise from their natural habitats, even if they’re not running. Or maybe the leaders are scared of the members of the Legislative Correspondents Association — yeah, you heard me right. Or it could be a sign that the leaders’ discussions on deficit reduction are becoming a road show akin to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s current Health Care Database & Reform Tour ’09 (T-shirts and keychains now available in the refreshment area).

UPDATE: They say recent memory is the first to go: There was, indeed, a leaders meeting in NYC last October, to address a different set of budget-cutting options. Thanks to Karen DeWitt and Mike Kink for the heads-up.

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